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What’s going on with global supply chains: A primer for the casual consumer

Freightos

Disclaimer: This article is a zoom out for the less freight-inclined. If you have a deeper understanding of freight, you might want to check out our Freightos Baltic Index daily container index instead. Let’s talk freight. . And it’s not just ocean freight. More freight costs, higher consumer costs.

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Hidden ROI You Need To Know - Ability to Scale

Freight Plus

Part two of a five-part series on the hidden benefits you can expect from working with a digital freight management company like Aborn & Co. I showcased the indirect cost savings you can expect from working with a digital freight management company like Aborn. . Part 3 - Long-term rate control.

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Hidden ROI You Need To Know - Indirect Cost Savings

Freight Plus

Part one of a five-part series on the hidden benefits you can expect from working with a digital freight management company like Aborn & Co. The calculation usually goes something like this: Rate Savings Opportunity + Freight Optimization Cost Reduction Opportunity – Total payable to Aborn & Co = Return on Investment $$.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 1.8 - 1.11

Freight Plus

Slower manufacturing growth as well as elevated tariffs and interest rates could all cut into demand, Supply Chain Dive reports. The economic forecasts are mixed overall, which adds to uncertainty in other freight-producing sectors," wrote DAT analyst Mark Montague in a research note. Ocean container spot rates up 92.5%

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 1.14 - 1.18

Freight Plus

To combat areas shippers can’t control like capacity, rate hikes, and driver shortages, they’re turning to. Logistics Management. “In IFS study reports double-digit increases in IoT sophistication in 2018. FedEx Freight drivers are now delivering large items to homes in 5 cities as part of the pilot program.

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Burnout in Logistics: Is It the Great Resignation or the Evolution of Tech?

Intelligent Audit

Like every business and industry struggling to recover right now, burnout has become a significant concern for managers and business owners. The driving force of the Great Resignation within the supply chain network is the demand from drivers and other workers for better pay, shortened freight payment processes , and improved work conditions.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 2.25-3.1

Freight Plus

Rates soared to highs unseen since deregulation, and the carriers’ coffers reaped the market’s rewards. Maersk, CMA CGM, and Hapag Llyod leaders on ocean carrier digitization survey. 50% of carriers now have a head of transformation and 40% have published a digital strategy. Meanwhile, it's this week's, "Where's my freight?!".